‏ Psalms 35

PSALM 35

The LORD Pleads Our Cause

A psalm to  David.

1Adjudicate, O lord, the ones wronging me! Wage war against  the ones waging war against  me! 2Take hold of weapon and shield, and rise up to help me! 3Discharge the broadsword, and close up right opposite the ones pursuing me! Say to  my soul, [²your deliverance ¹I am]! 4Let [⁴be ashamed ⁵and ⁶feel remorse ¹the ²ones seeking   ³my soul]! Let them be turned to the rear, and let [⁴be disgraced ¹the ones ²considering ³evils against me]! 5Let them become as dust according to the face of the wind! and an angel of the lord  squeezing them. 6Let [²become   ¹their way] darkness and slippery! and an angel of the lord  pursuing them. 7For without cause they hid [³against me ²of corruption ¹their snare]; in folly they berate   my soul. 8Let there come to him a snare which he knows not! And the snare of the hunt which he hid, let it seize him! and in the same snare he shall fall in it. 9  But my soul shall exult over the lord; it shall be made happy over   his deliverance. 10All   my bones shall say, O lord, O lord, who is likened to you? rescuing the poor from the hand of the one more solid than he, and the poor and needy one from the ones tearing him in pieces. 11Rising up against me [²witnesses ¹are unjust], [³of things which ⁴I did not ⁵know ¹asking ²me]. 12They recompensed to me evil for good, and childlessness to my soul. 13But I, in   their troubling me, put on sackcloth. And I humbled [²in ³fasting   ¹my soul]; and   my prayer [²unto ³my bosom ¹shall be returned]. 14As a neighbor, as [²brother ¹to our], so they were well-pleasing. As mourning and looking downcast so I humbled myself. 15And against me they were glad and they gathered together; they gathered together [²against ³me ¹whips], and I did not know; they were cut asunder and were not vexed. 16They tested me; they derided me in sneering; they gnashed against me   with their teeth. 17O lord, when will you scrutinize? Restore   my soul from   their evil actions; [²from ³lions   ¹my only child]. 18I shall make acknowledgment to you in [²assembly ¹the vast]; with [²people ¹grievous] I shall praise you. 19May [⁵not ⁶rejoice against ⁷me ¹the ones ²hating ³me ⁴unjustly]; even the ones detesting me without a charge, and shunning their eyes. 20For to me then [²peaceable ¹they spoke], but in anger [²treachery ¹they devised]. 21And they widened [²against ³me   ¹their mouth]. They said, Well done, well done, [²saw   ¹our eyes]! 22You beheld, O lord. You should not remain silent, O lord. You should not separate from me. 23Awake, O lord, and take heed to my case, O my God, and [³O ⁴my lord  ¹to   ²my cause]! 24Judge me, O lord, according to   your righteousness, O lord    my God, and let them not rejoice against me! 25May they not say in their heart, Well done, well done to  our soul. Nor may they say, We swallowed him down. 26May they be ashamed, and may [⁴feel remorse ⁵together ¹the ones ²rejoicing at   ³my hurts]. Let [⁵be clothed in ⁶shame ⁷and ⁸remorse ¹the ones ²speaking great words ³against ⁴me]! 27Exult and be glad, O ones wanting   righteousness for me! And let say always, [³be magnified ¹The ² lord]! by the ones wanting the peace   of his servant. 28And   my tongue shall meditate upon   your righteousness; the entire   day   on your high praise.